Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Stem-Cell Therapy in China Draws Foreign Patients

Let's hope quality problems aren't happening in these circumstances...

China is gaining popularity among a new breed of travelers: patients with incurable conditions who are visiting the country to receive experimental stem-cell treatments not offered in the United States.

One company is now claiming a medical breakthrough, advertising that its treatments are restoring vision to blind children. It has ignited a firestorm of controversy in both China and in the U.S.

full story on npr

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